A reformed drug addict has offered two women he robbed at knife point €10,000 compensation each after receiving an award from the Residential Institutions Redress Board for "horrific" abuse suffered as a child.

A 16-year-old boy arrested for trying to rob two French tourists while armed with a flick-knife, has been ordered to obey a 7pm to 7am curfew, by Judge John Coughlan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

AN AER RIANTA telephonist, who claimed she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after taking a bomb call which later turned out to be a hoax at Dublin Airport, yesterday settled her action for damages in the High Court.

The Irish aid agency Trocaire has said that humanitarian supplies are slowly getting through to the besieged town of Basra.

Irish aid agency Trocaire is expected to deliver its first humanitarian consignment to the Iraqi people today.

A spokeswoman for Trócaire has said that 50 Iraqi civilians were killed and 75 more injured in yesterday's attack on Basra.

TRÓCAIRE’s head of communications, Caroline Lynch, is today making a trip not many would envy.

Irish aid workers are preparing to travel to the countries surrounding Iraq this weekend to prepare for the humanitarian disaster that will inevitably be sparked by the US/British war.